On Thursday 20 September 2007 18:34:22 Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Clemens Kolbitsch wrote: > > On Thursday 20 September 2007 16:08:51 Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > > Clemens Kolbitsch wrote: > > > > Hi guys! > > > > Short question: I'm having a speech at BlackHat Japan in Oktober > > > > about something I made with qemu. Basically it is a new hardware type > > > > (so it is just an additional file in the hw-subdirectory) --- it's > > > > the wireless device I have been asking questions for a couple of > > > > months ago in case someone remembers (there will be some code for you > > > > guys soon ;-) ). > > > > > > > > For the conference CD, they want me to give them my code. Is it ok if > > > > i just send them the whole qemu code I have here (I have only > > > > modified the Makefile to include my hw/myfile.c) --- i just want to > > > > make sure that the version is right and it compiles out of the box. > > > > > > As a general note, if you have modifications which are useful to a > > > wider audience, consider to submit them as patches to this mailing > > > list. > > > > > > > Is that OK with the GPL stuff?? I include all the READMEs that come > > > > with QEMU svn, and I don't claim to be the author of QEMU or > > > > anything. Just want to do it correctly ;-) > > > > > > Yes, that's fine. (You can check for yourself, the GPL isn't as > > > incomprehensible as some other software licenses.) > > > > > > > Any advice, comments, etc.? > > > > > > Make sure to mark your version as a modified one, so people come to you > > > when they have questions, and don't ask us about bugs/features we never > > > heard of. :-) > > > > > > > > > Thiemo > > > > perfect -- thanks! > > > > once we get all the publication stuff behind us, you'll hear from us -- > > promised :-) > > > > to turn our code into a standard network card shouldn't be too much of > > work and it's acually quite cool to have a wireless network inside qemu. > > doesn't help much besides increasing the coolness factor, though ;-) > > I fairly sure some OpenWRT etc. guys will like to have it for tests. > It reduces the likelihood of accidentially bricking their devices. :-) > > > Thiemo
we actually developed it for fuzzing madwifi drivers. while doing so, we found out quite a lot about Atheros cards... so yes - driver developers will really enjoy it - however only, if they develop for atheros cards.
